Blessings of the Law

Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming
a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a
tree."

Deuteronomy
28:1-14 lists these blessings that will come upon you if you keep
the Law. The Law is the Torah, the first five books of the Old
Testament, all authored by Moses. The Law is full of curses
for violating even one of the hundreds of laws.

Jesus kept the Law
perfectly. He died for our sins, our violations of the
Law, and we have been imputed righteousness. In God's eyes we
have kept the Law perfectly. You can claim these blessings
because of the finished work of Jesus Christ at the cross, hanging
on a tree. For instance, "Because of Jesus' finished work on
the cross, the the enemies that come up against me shall flee before
me seven ways."

Some of the
blessings of keeping the Law:

The LORD your God will set you high above all
the nations on earth.

You will be blessed in the city and blessed in
the country.

The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the
crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of
your herds and the lambs of your flocks.

Your basket and your kneading trough will be
blessed.

You will be blessed when you come in and
blessed when you go out.

The LORD will grant that the enemies who rise
up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you
from one direction but flee from you in seven.

The LORD will send a blessing on your barns
and on everything you put your hand to. The LORD your God will
bless you in the land he is giving you.

The LORD will establish you as his holy
people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of
the LORD your God and walk in his ways.

Then all the peoples on earth will see that you
are called by the name of the LORD, and they will fear you.

The LORD will grant you abundant prosperity—in
the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops
of your ground—in the land he swore to your forefathers to give
you.

The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse
of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless
all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will
borrow from none.